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Article: 1st LD: Obama, McCain prevail in Wisconsin primaries
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- February 20, 2008
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1st LD: Obama, McCain prevail in Wisconsin primaries
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, CNN
projected.
John McCain was projected earlier by the TV channel to lead
theRepublican race in the state.
With 12 percent of precincts' ballots calculated, Illinois
Senator Barack Obama beat New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by
55 percent to 44 percent.
It was his ninth victory following the Super Tuesday when a full-
scale race for the Democratic presidential nomination staged on 22
states and American Samoa. He was also expected to win his hometown
of Hawaii, whose caucuses would be closed at 1 a.m. EST on ...